Colonial Guatemala

city in the central highlands of Guatemala

Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level.

Zaculeu or Saqulew is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the highlands of western Guatemala, about outside the modern city of Huehuetenango. Occupation at the site dates to the Early Classic period (AD 250–600) of Mesoamerican history. Zaculeu was the capital of the Postclassic Mam kingdom, and was conquered by the Kʼicheʼ Kingdom of Qʼumarkaj. It displays a mixture of Mam and Kʼicheʼ style architecture.

Spanish 1540-1821 possession in Central America; administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain

municipality of Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala; it was the second location of the capital of Guatemala between 1527 and 1541

municipality of Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala

1521 conquest

metropolitan cathedral in Guatemala City

1618 final stage of the conquest of Guatemala

conquest dating from 1511 to 1697

Spanish conquistador

16th-century lienzo (cloth painting) of the Nahua

Spanish imperial court in America

conquest of Honduras

The Guatemalan earthquake of 1717 that destroyed much of the Guatemalan architecture and many buildings.